Our Team
Riley Palmer
Board Member
Riley Palmer is the pastor at The Adopted Church in Spokane. He is married to Corissa…
Board Member
Riley Palmer is the pastor at The Adopted Church in Spokane. He is married to Corissa…
Secretary
After graduating from Whitworth College, Carolyn began her teaching career at Mead Junior High. She earned her Masters Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Seattle Pacific University. In 2000 she retired from the Mead School District after 30 great years.
Carolyn and her husband, Roger, have raised 3 children. One daughter was adopted from China. They have enjoyed many outdoor activities, especially canoeing. Her interests include reading, tap dancing and sewing.
Volunteering in the community has always been a priority for Carolyn. She has worked with various groups, including Meals on Wheels, the COPS program, and her church. It has been very rewarding to work with We Believe We Vote Ministries as it serves the faith community.
Vice President
Paula graduated from Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing, and worked as a critical care RN at Stanford University Hospital in Palo Alto. After returning to Spokane to make a permanent home for her growing family, Paula earned a degree in English literature from Whitworth. During that time, she dedicated her life to Jesus Christ. Law school at Gonzaga followed.
She then worked as a consultant to attorneys in medical cases until the Lord called her to full time ministry as the first director of the Crisis Pregnancy Center of Spokane, later known as Life Services. She served in that role for 18½ years and retired in 2009. Since then, she has served on the board of Heartbeat International, and a consultant for Care Net, affiliating organizations for pregnancy resource centers. She currently volunteers at Path of Life, a ministry to those experiencing sexual brokenness. She enjoys reading, traveling, and spending winters in Arizona with Dick, her husband of 50+ years. They have four adult children, and 13 grandchildren.
Board Member
John was born and raised in Spokane, Washington. He has been married for 55 years to his high school sweetheart. They have four children and five grandchildren. John graduated from Eastern Washington University in 1973 with a bachelor’s degree in marketing management.
He spent 14 years in upper management with a local business. John started his own insurance and investment practice and has been in business for over 36 years as an independent agent. John graduated with his master’s degree in biblical studies of Christian Leadership in 2016.
John’s outside activities have included past board chairman of Northland Federal Credit Union, Past president of Spokane Association of Health Underwriters, and current Chairman for the past eight years of the Annual Providence Saints Charitable Golf Tournament.
Board Member
Merri has lived in the Spokane Valley all her life and has been married almost 38 years. She has four adult children and seven grandchildren.
She accepted the Lord at age 14, but her walk with the Lord was tested immensely in 1996 after having a child with cancer. Serving the Lord Jesus Christ was no longer just something she did on Sunday, but He became the foundation of every moment of her life.
Merri graduated from Eastern Washington University in 1991, started her own business in 1992 and became a certified public accountant in 1994. In 1997, she became the treasurer of what is now the American Childhood Cancer Organization of the Inland Northwest for about 12 years. Since 2013, she has been the treasurer for several political candidates, a church, and other smaller organizations. She is still active in church, her family and the family’s hobby, drag racing.
Board Member
Riley Palmer is the pastor at The Adopted Church in Spokane. He is married to Corissa. They have 5 children. An Army Ranger turned minister, Palmer planted the Adopted Church in the west plains of Spokane almost a decade ago.
Rev. Palmer is also a member of the executive team of the Acts 520 Coalition, which is an organization that helps Spokane area churches strengthen their biblical resolve, speak with a united voice, and coordinate their efforts, wherever the civil government seeks to restrict, suppress, or punish the free exercise of our Christian faith. Additionally, Rev. Palmer also serves as the Academic Dean of THS Academy, an international online training program for pastors and ministry leaders.
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